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Standing on the Side of Love for immigrant rights at a 2010 rally in San Diego, CA

Immigrant Justice

Immigrant Justice

Immigrant Justice

Immigration

Just as love knows no borders, our dedication to justice reaches across boundaries and walls. We show up on the side of love with all families, regardless of citizenship status, and strive to create welcoming communities and congregations. We organize and advocate for immigration reform, for an end to detentions and deportations, and for a world where hands are extended in peace and care across borders and no one feels forced to leave home or risk death in pursuit of a decent life for their family.

What We Are Doing

Love Resists
The UUA-UUSC Love Resists campaign is activating and helping people resist the criminalization of immigrant and other communities targeted by the current administration by expanding sanctuary, growing solidarity and raising our voices.

Witnessing for Justice
We take public stances and engage in action, including civil disobedience, in solidarity with our undocumented siblings and others who are suffering because of the United States’ broken immigration system.

New Sanctuary Movement
We are providing sanctuary to people appealing deportation orders, refugee children, and families fleeing violence. We are part of the movement to create “Sanctuary Cities” across the country that have welcoming policies towards immigrants.

Social Justice Trips to the U.S./Mexico Border
The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice offers service learning trips to the border. Journeys are grounded in theological reflection and help individuals, groups, and congregations understand the issues and discern a path toward effective action.

Love Resists continues to support the #FamiliesBelongTogether campaign lifting voices in opposition to the cruel and unjustified separation of children from their parents along the U.S. Border. We know that children as young as 18 months are being torn from their mother’s arms by the U.S. government and we join with Families Belong Together call out and resist the inhumane policies of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.